Hands-on Learning for Freshman Engineering Students

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Julie
dc.contributor.authorKackley, Robert
dc.contributor.authorFortune, Arnold
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-17T15:55:01Z
dc.date.available2008-07-17T15:55:01Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractFormal library orientation sessions for freshman engineering students have been offered for more than seven years by librarians in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPSL), University of Maryland. Approximately 800 students per year attend these sessions. The sessions are conducted in the library and are required by all students enrolled in ENES 100 (Introduction to Engineering Design). In the spring of 2001 the orientation sessions were reformatted based on comments contained in short surveys completed by students at the end of each session. The format was changed from completely lecture-based to a more interactive session entitled "EPSL Expedition." In addition, during this same semester, librarians volunteered to rewrite and update the chapter on "Library Research Skills" for the course textbook, Introduction to Engineering Design by James W. Dally. This paper will attempt to answer the following question: Do freshman engineering students learn and retain more information through an "interactive" orientation session than they do from a "lecture" based session?en
dc.format.extent45352 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationArnold, J. Kackley, R. Fortune, S., Hands-on Learning for Freshman Engineering Students, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, No. 37, Spring 2003.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8286
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIssues in Science and Technology Librarianshipen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland Librariesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectlibrary orientationen
dc.subjectlibraryen
dc.subjectengineering studentsen
dc.subjectfreshmanen
dc.subjectUniversity of Marylanden
dc.titleHands-on Learning for Freshman Engineering Studentsen
dc.typeArticleen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ISTL.pdf
Size:
44.29 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.8 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
[Fwd Re Permission Request].eml.txt
Size:
1.32 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Library Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Research